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Playing dombra – Kazakh national musical instrument
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Music, Video
Tags: dombra
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The development of tourism in Kazakhstan
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Overview, Travel, Video
Informative video about present, future and key challenges of tourism industry in Kazakhstan.
Tags: Kazakhstan tourism
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Caspian Sea Coast in the spring Aktau
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities, Nature, Video
Tags: Aktau city · Caspian Sea · spring
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Al-Faraby avenue of Almaty city
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Beautiful views of one of the main avenues of Almaty captured by Ispanec in July 2010.
Tags: Al-Faraby avenue · Almaty city
Almaty city is surrounded by the mountains and the following sceneries of heavy smog are common. The photos were captured by rdbxyz.
Tags: Almaty city · smog
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Open air ice rink at an altitude of 1691 meters
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Sports, Travel
Medeo is a sports complex built at an altitude of 1691 meters above sea level, near the former capital city of Kazakhstan – Almaty. Medeo is the highest mountain range in the world for winter sports with the largest area of artificial ice field – 10500 square meters. The following photos were captured by Stepanov Slava.
Tags: Almaty oblast · Medeo ice rink
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The necropolis Koshkar-Ata
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, History, Photos, Travel
Koshkar-Ata necropolis is located in Mangystau oblast of Kazakhstan and has the status of the monument of 10th-19th centuries protected by the state. The photos were captured by Ruprix.
Tags: Mangystau oblast · necropolis
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Almaty Winter Dance 3D Show
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Culture, Technology, Video
Tags: 3D show · Almaty city
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Open-cast coal mine “Bogatyr” views
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Economy, Photos, Regions
A mine of such a capacity was constructed for the first time in the world in Ekibastuz coal field (Ekibastuz city). Due to this fact “Bogatyr” was included into the Guinness Book of Records in 1980 (over 1 billion tons of coal was mined within the whole period of exploitation). 50 million tons is mined a year. The pictures were captured by Stepanov Slava (all the photos are clickable).
Tags: coal mine · Ekibastuz city
